Pantaloons-protector



(No Model.)

J. T. LANG-AN. PANTALOON PROTEGTOR.

Patented Apr. 25, 1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN T. LANGAN, or LYONS, KANSAS.

PANTALOONS-PROTECTO R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 257,026, dated April 25, 1882.

Application filed November s, 188]. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN T. LANGAN, of L ons, in the county of Rice and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Pantaloons-Protectors, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a device for protecting the lower edges of the legs of pantaloons from wear and dirt, and to means'for securing said device to the pantaloons, as hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of a pair of pantaloons, with the front part of one leg turned up to show the position of the protector. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the protector detached. Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-section at about the middle of a full-sized protector.

A is a pair of pantaloons, of which one leg is ripped at the lower end in the seams, and the front part, B, is turned up and to one side to show how the protector O is attached to the inside of the back of the leg.

The protector C may be made of avariety of materials, but should be water-proof, and is best made of soft vulcanized rubber.

Theloweredge, E, oftheprotector is rolled or turned up, as shown in Figs.2 and 3, to form a channel or groove, D, and in this groove D rests the lower edge of the leg of the pantaloons. The main part of the protector reaches high enough to be securely attached to the bottom hem,F, of the leg of the pantaloons, but should not reach above the hem. There is a row of fine holes, f, parallel to the upper edge, E, of

the main part of the protector, through which holes a needle and thread may be drawn to stitch the protector to the hem, and to protect the thread from wearing against the heel of the boot small grooves or channelsf lead from the stitch-holes f to the edge, these channels being large enough to allow the threads to sink below the inner face of the protector. The protector, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, is curved from end to end to conform to the curve of the bottom edge of the pantaloons, but is made sutticiently thin and pliable, so as not to control said curve.

If made of rubber, the protectors may be formed in a mold, and may be of different colors to correspond with the colors of the various fabrics of which pantaloons are made.

The protector above described furnishes a neat and inexpensive means of protecting the lower edges of the legs of pantaloons from the blacking on the shoes of the wearer, and from mud in rainy weather.

Iclaim as my invention- A pantaloons-protector, O, curved from end to end to conform to the curve of the bottom edge of the pantaloons-leg, as described, and provided with agroove, D, to receive said lower edge, with stitclrholesfnear the upper edge of said protector, and thread-channelsf, leading from said stitch-holes to said upper edge, as and for the purpose specified. I

JOHN T. LANGAN.

Witnesses:

ALBERT M. Moonn, CLARENCE A. RICHARDS. 

